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Its life - but it could have been so diffrent (1 Viewer)

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covboy1987

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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Wilson and Maddison on the bench for England tonight
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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covboy1987 said:
Wilson and Maddison on the bench for England tonight
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They could be starting?
 
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Evo1883

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  • Sep 10, 2019
  • #3
"thanks to you we now play against you,” “Forever grateful to you, our beloved England”

Kosovo banner tonight

Obviously aimed at Britain but they will never play Britain
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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Them two were never going to stay with us for the long term as their subsequent careers have shown, there’s no could about it
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Sep 10, 2019
  • #5
Evo1883 said:
"thanks to you we now play against you,” “Forever grateful to you, our beloved England”

Kosovo banner tonight

Obviously aimed at Britain but they will never play Britain
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Worth reading Anthony Lloyd's book 'Another Bloody Love Letter' which has quite a lot about the Serb - Albanian war.

Incidentally, he's the journalist who reported on Shamima Begum
 

chiefdave

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  • Sep 10, 2019
  • #6
People getting ridiculously carried away. Seeing things like 'this shows Sterling is the best in Europe', 'the future is bright', 'what a performance' etc.

We're playing Kosovo, calm down. We know how this ends, we beat the shit teams then fall apart when we play someone half decent.
 
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Grendel

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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I think we can safely say where I sit on club vs country - I didn’t even know we’d played bulgaria until I read it on Sunday. I didn’t only not know we were playing Kosovo until I heard on the radio an hour ago, didn’t even know they were a team and apparently they have the best undefeated record in Europe?!
 
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SlowerThanPlatt

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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Grendel said:
I think we can safely say where I sit on club vs country - I didn’t even know we’d played bulgaria until I read it on Sunday. I didn’t only not know we were playing Kosovo until I heard on the radio an hour ago, didn’t even know they were a team and apparently they have the best undefeated record in Europe?!
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They’ve played the likes of Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands and Malta twice in that sequence

The only team they’ve played of a half decent standard are Denmark
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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Grendel said:
I think we can safely say where I sit on club vs country - I didn’t even know we’d played bulgaria until I read it on Sunday. I didn’t only not know we were playing Kosovo until I heard on the radio an hour ago, didn’t even know they were a team and apparently they have the best undefeated record in Europe?!
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They play in Intermediate 2 usually
 
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covcity4life

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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chiefdave said:
People getting ridiculously carried away. Seeing things like 'this shows Sterling is the best in Europe', 'the future is bright', 'what a performance' etc.

We're playing Kosovo, calm down. We know how this ends, we beat the shit teams then fall apart when we play someone half decent.
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There was a time we didnt beat shit teams either so cheer up and enjoy the national team being on the up
 
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Sky_Blue_Dreamer

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  • Sep 10, 2019
  • #11
Exciting game full of attacking football. Kosovo were probably a bit naive but they had a go and gave us a real test. Got some decent footballers in that team.
 

hill83

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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Grendel said:
I think we can safely say where I sit on club vs country - I didn’t even know we’d played bulgaria until I read it on Sunday. I didn’t only not know we were playing Kosovo until I heard on the radio an hour ago, didn’t even know they were a team and apparently they have the best undefeated record in Europe?!
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Ah, well done pal. Legend. Proud of what you don’t know about.
 
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hill83

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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Said a few times on here, I’m England before Cov football wise. Obviously go to way more Cov games but the Euro’s and the World Cup are the pinnacle for me.
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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hill83 said:
Said a few times on here, I’m England before Cov football wise. Obviously go to way more Cov games but the Euro’s and the World Cup are the pinnacle for me.
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Scum
 
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hill83

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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fernandopartridge said:
Scum
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Lovely stuff. We winning the league or getting relegated today?
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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hill83 said:
Lovely stuff. We winning the league or getting relegated today?
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Both at one point or another
 

Adge

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  • Sep 10, 2019
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hill83 said:
Said a few times on here, I’m England before Cov football wise. Obviously go to way more Cov games but the Euro’s and the World Cup are the pinnacle for me.
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Strange choice. Can’t really see the attraction with tattooed over inflated egos with pearly white teeth myself.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Sep 11, 2019
  • #18
If i had to choosr success with 1 its cov every time

BUT WE DONT HAVE TO CHOOSE SO SUPPORT BOTH!
 

Earlsdon_Skyblue1

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  • Sep 11, 2019
  • #19
I'm both City and England 'till I die.

If one is playing then I'm well onboard. Certainly follow city more closely though.
 

hill83

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  • Sep 11, 2019
  • #20
Adge said:
Strange choice. Can’t really see the attraction with tattooed over inflated egos with pearly white teeth myself.
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Strange choice being attracted to the players rather than the team. Each to their own though.
 
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Sky Blue Harry H

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  • Sep 11, 2019
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hill83 said:
Strange choice being attracted to the players rather than the team. Each to their own though.
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Thought you might hit him with a Gif there?!
 
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covboy1987

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  • Sep 11, 2019
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SlowerThanPlatt said:
Them two were never going to stay with us for the long term as their subsequent careers have shown, there’s no could about it
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Yes but it could have been so different as the title says and I am not dreaming it is absolutely heart wrenching what has happened to us and the wrong turns we took by the club mis-management - why shouldn't we be a top team with top players - after all we were a first division /premier league side longer than anyone else at one point- big city, big fan base, a new stadium built ready for take-off - rumours had it the Leicester owners looked at us first - yes it could have been so different
 

Adge

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  • Sep 11, 2019
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Don’t think it was us who was the longest, haven’t Everton and Arsenal been in the top flight longer at the time?
 
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ccfcchris

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  • Sep 11, 2019
  • #24
Adge said:
Don’t think it was us who was the longest, haven’t Everton and Arsenal been in the top flight longer at the time?
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Yes I believe so.
 

rob9872

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  • Sep 11, 2019
  • #25
Adge said:
Don’t think it was us who was the longest, haven’t Everton and Arsenal been in the top flight longer at the time?
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And Liverpool, we were 4th longest before relegation.
 

fernandopartridge

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  • Sep 11, 2019
  • #26
rob9872 said:
And Liverpool, we were 4th longest before relegation.
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I know our tenure was broken but there are still only a handful of teams with an unbroken tenure of more than 34 years now: Man Utd and Spurs are in that list now with Arsenal, Everton and Liverpool. Chelsea are about 31-32 years but otherwise generally it's 10 or less.
 

Gazolba

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  • Sep 11, 2019
  • #27
England's basic problem is we don't have enough top players to choose from.
Too many foreign players eating up all the starting places at Premier League clubs.
Think back to the 1970's when 90% or more of the top division's players were British.
Now it's probably around 15%.
This is Scotlands problem as well by the way.
Anyone remember all the great Scottish players playing in the Premier League?
 
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Legia Sky Blue

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  • Sep 11, 2019
  • #28
How many World Cups did we qualify for in the 70's?
 

Manchester_sky_blue

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  • Aug 14, 2023
  • #29
Everyone wants their Country to do well but your club is your club. No comparison between the two.
 

JimmyHillsbeard

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  • Aug 14, 2023
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CCFCSummers said:
@hill83 what’s the matter? Happy to put it on @Greggs but don’t fancy it now I’m back? Loser
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Digging up a four year old comment to demand a war of words? I’m a vegetarian I don’t know if beef keeps that long?
It’s almost like you’ve been away in SBT prison.
 
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Greggs

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  • Aug 14, 2023
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CCFCSummers said:
@hill83 what’s the matter? Happy to put it on @Greggs but don’t fancy it now I’m back? Loser
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Walking round town in his Ajax top
 

Skyblueweeman

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  • Aug 14, 2023
  • #32
So, is this Boosh back again?
 
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SkyBlueMatt

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  • Aug 14, 2023
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CCFCSummers said:
lol, what a loser
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Skyblueweeman

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  • Aug 14, 2023
  • #34
CCFCSummers said:
Wow, how did you figure that out? So clever
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This was the first thread I read this morning you goon, so I didn't see where you had confirmed yourself elsewhere.

You're committed, I'll give you that.
 

covmark

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  • Aug 14, 2023
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CCFCSummers said:
@hill83 what’s the matter? Happy to put it on @Greggs but don’t fancy it now I’m back? Loser
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Ahh bless, dragging up 4 year old threads just so you can climb up Greggs' arse.
 
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